Arzu Arda’s documentary on Hagia Sophia

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Los Angeles, CA-Los Angeles Art Association is pleased to announce the opening of its annual Open Show. This year’s show was curated by David Pagel, art critic for the Los Angeles Times.

Show runs: Dec. 13, 2008 – Jan. 16, 2009. Opening reception: Sat. Dec. 13, 6-9 p.m.
Where: Gallery 825, 825 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Video Screening: Jan 8th, 7:30pm.
Where: Japanese American National Museum’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, 111 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Video pieces will also be screened at the Open Show at Gallery 825.

For more information, please contact Dan Goldman, Gallery/Program Manager, LAAA/Gallery 825 either by email at dwg@laaa.org, or by telephone at 310.652.8272.

About LAAA: Los Angeles Art Association (LAAA)/Gallery 825 is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide opportunities, resources, services and exhibition venues for emerging Southern California artists. Founded in 1925, LAAA has helped launched the art careers of many celebrated artists, such as Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Wayne Thiebaud and June Wayne. LAAA has played a pivotal role in the formation of Los Angeles’s arts community and is committed to providing emerging artists with the experience, education and exposure needed to create and sustain careers in the arts. LAAA’s unique status as a non-profit organization provides it the flexibility for risk-taking beyond what is possible in the commercial gallery system, positioning the organization as a driver of innovative content in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 is located in the heart of La Cienega’s Restaurant Row at 825 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Gallery Hours are 10am – 5pm, Tuesday – Saturday or by appointment. Please call 310.652.8272 or visit www.laaa.org.


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3 responses to “Arzu Arda’s documentary on Hagia Sophia”

  1. Demir Avatar
    Demir

    Why always Saint Sophia and not a single presentation on Suleymaniye, Selimiye and Blue Mosques?
    I guess they are not very appealing to the Christian Population.

  2. Arzu Arda Kosar Avatar
    Arzu Arda Kosar

    The idea behind this particular documentary is about rebranding, changing identities. Hagia Sophia is a building that has been rebranded, its identity and function transformed many times over the years.

    I am the writer and editor of the presentation. We were initially prompted to make a project about changing identities in relationship to immigration to be shown at an international festival. Most everyone made projects about people moving from one place to another, the diaspora experience, feeling like the “other”. We decided to take a different angle and make it about a building -not a people, and an entity that stood in its place, not a migrant. This building stood still but it too changed. So you don’t have to be an immigrant person to experience change of identity.

    It happened so that Hagia Sophia fit the concept of our project, from the particular angle we chose.

    I agree with you that Suleymaniye, Selimiye and the Blue Mosque are also worthy topics for other projects. Perhaps we could collaborate on a project if you decide to put together one.

  3. zeki Avatar
    zeki

    how can ı watch the videos of documentary og hagia sophia?

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